Focus Stacking in the field has become a practical reality for me thanks to what Panasonic calls 4K post focus, avaiilable in the GH4 and several other models….. The very first time I saw the remarkable images that a scanning electron microscope could generate I was completely hooked. The Sunday Times colour supplement, a journal of quality in those pre-Murdoch days published a series of images by the remarkable Lennart Nilsson. Every detail was revealed in sharp focus by taking layers within the target and building up an image created via…

For a couple of months I have used the Laowa 15mm f/4 wide angle macro from Venus Optics Company and have just penned a very detailed review and sent it off to Keith Wilson editor of WildPlanet photo-magazine with a large selection of images. I have posted some interim images and comments as my relationship with this lens has deepened. It has also set me thinking (not unusual) in what I want out of wide angle lenses. Have written a great deal on this already in both blogs,…

Let’s consider the conclusion first – the Nikon D7100 is an amazingly versatile photographic machine that, in the past two months, has delivered everything and more that I have asked from it. Whether it is a question of sharpness, speed of response, quality of colour images or just a general feel in the hand it has cut the proverbial mustard.